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Initial Hearing Script for Court Proceedings

This document presents a script for an initial hearing in a control court. It describes the roles of the judge, prosecutor, defender, legal advisor, and court assistant. It also presents the auxiliary team including the defendant, victims, expert witnesses, and witnesses. It then details the dialogues between these parties during the opening of the hearing to identify the participants, confirm the defendant's defense, and verify that they have understood their rights.

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Initial Hearing Script for Court Proceedings

This document presents a script for an initial hearing in a control court. It describes the roles of the judge, prosecutor, defender, legal advisor, and court assistant. It also presents the auxiliary team including the defendant, victims, expert witnesses, and witnesses. It then details the dialogues between these parties during the opening of the hearing to identify the participants, confirm the defendant's defense, and verify that they have understood their rights.

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Script

Main team:
Judge (Control judge and/or presiding oral judge)

Fiscal (Public Ministry)


Defender
Legal advisor
Courtroom assistant (the oral judge rapporteur, in case of a oral trial hearing)

Auxiliary equipment:

Defendants
Victims and Offended
Experts
Witnesses
Oral judge panel (or courtroom assistant in case of oral trial hearing)

Opening of the hearing


Room assistant: In the Mexican city of this Entity, at 11:00 hours,
On March 31, 2022, we are in the first hearing room.
from the control court, in order to carry out the initial hearing within the
cause one of 2022, which will be presided over by the control judge, _______ , for which
previously, it is requested that those involved and the attending public maintain the appropriate
respect, silence, and decorum during the hearing; otherwise, the judge may
apply a disciplinary correction, in accordance with articles 53 and 355 of the
National Code of Criminal Procedure.
I kindly ask you to stand to receive the judge.
Everyone stands up and the judge enters.

Judge: Good morning. Please take a seat.


Everyone sit down
Judge: In the city, date and time that you have indicated a few moments ago.
room manager, the opening of the hearing is declared, to which I request with
Upon registering the public prosecutor, please identify yourself.
Public Prosecutor Agent: Good morning, Lic. _________ agent of the Public Ministry
Public, with address and notification method already previously registered with the
administration of this court.
Judge: Thank you, and the person accompanying you.

Legal advisor:_________, legal advisor of the victim, with personality and


address to hear and receive notifications duly indicated in the
administration of this court.
Judge: Who appears for the defense?
Defender: Good morning, _________, public defense attorney, with address and form of
notification already previously registered with this court.
Judge: Thank you, is the person accompanying you the defendant?

Defender: Indeed.
Judge: Young man, I will ask you, if you would be so kind, to provide your full name.
clearly in front of the microphone.

Defendant:__________________
Judge: What do you do for a living and what is your marital status?

Defendant: I am a systems engineer and I am single.


Judge: Please indicate your address.
Defendant: 14th Street, number 34, El Palomar neighborhood, Chihuahua, Chihuahua.

Judge: Is it your wish that Lic. _______, who is next to you, be your
defender?
Defendant: Yes, that's right.

Judge: Mr. _______, I ask you if you have been informed of your rights at stages.
prior to this hearing, and if so, did you understand them?

Accused: I have been informed and I understand them, Your Honor.

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